On January 30, Shanté Hastings was sworn-in as the department’s twelfth secretary following her unanimous confirmation by the state senate. DelDOT’s announcement of the official start of her term added that Ms. Hastings has appointed Lanie Clymer the deputy transportation secretary and Mark Luszcz as DelDOT’s chief engineer.
The new secretary was nominated in December shortly before taking over as acting secretary upon the departure of Nicole Majeski. She has been a DelDOT staff member and executive for more than 20 years, according to detailed biographical information in the announcement.
Ms. Clymer has extensive public and private financial management experience. She joined DelDOT in 2007 and was serving as the department’s finance director before her elevation.
Mr. Luszcz has nearly 30 years’ experience in public and private sector transportation engineering. He previously served as a deputy director in DelDOT’s Division of Transportation Solutions, at various times having responsibility for a wide-range of operations or for design. He was the department’s chief traffic engineer at an earlier stage of his career.